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25 Cents Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Jamaica |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Value | 25 Cents (0.25 JMD) |
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| Obverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield supported by a male and female Taino figure on either side, with a crocodile atop the helm above the shield. A scroll below bears the national motto. The commemorative legend 21ST ANNIVERSARY · JAMAICA · INDEPENDENCE arcs around the upper periphery, with the dual dates 1962 and 1983 flanking the shield, and the Franklin Mint initials FM appear in the lower field. The coin was struck to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Jamaican independence. |
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| Obverse lettering | 21st ANNIVERSARY · JAMAICA · INDEPENDENCE 1962 1983 OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE FM |
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KM#105 was issued to mark Jamaican independence, though by 1983 that anniversary was more than two decades past — the coin commemorates the 1962 break from British colonial rule. Jamaica was among the first Caribbean nations to achieve independence under the West Indies Federation's dissolution, after the federation itself collapsed when Jamaica voted to leave in a 1961 referendum, taking Trinidad and Tobago with it shortly after.